Little to cheer about latest CPS suspension/expulsion rates. Charters are main culprit.
There is no evidence that frequent reliance on removing misbehaving students improves school safety or student behavior. -- Skiba & LosenRahm and spin team at CPS are cheering the good news. District leaders are claiming that they've expelled and suspended fewer students last school year than the year before. But are their claims real? Partly yes and partly no. Is there much to cheer about? Uh uh.
They've been on a push to reduce school suspensions and expulsions since 2014, when Pres. Obama and the Department of Justice under Attorney GeneralEric Holder released a set of guidelines warning schools that disciplinary policies could not have a “disparate impact” on minorities. Disgraced CEOBarbara Byrd-Bennett did lead a push away from the district's horrible "Zero Tolerance" policies, giving more discretion to principals and school staff is deciding who when to suspend/expel. But African-American and Latino students still are suspended and expelled at extremely higher rates than white Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Little to cheer about latest CPS suspension/expulsion rates. Charters are main culprit.: